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welcome to nhk world "newsline." japanese politicians promised to rework the country's energy policy following last year's accident at fukushima daiichi. prime minister yoshihiko noda announced details of that policy last week. he said his government would steer the country toward a nuclear-free future, but a final decision by his cabinet has turned a clear commitment into more of a vague idea. nhk world explains. >> reporter: members of prime minister noda's cabinet are playing defense. critics say they backed away from a plan to rid japan of nuclear power. but ministers stress their new energy policy hasn't changed. >> translator: the new policy sets a clear direction, while keeping a degree of flexibility to account for changing circumstances. the government remains faithful to the proposal worked out last week. >> reporter: that proposal says japan would stop building new nuclear power plants, and take other measures. in order to phase out atomic energy by 2030. however the cabinet didn't sign off on the idea. in
welcome to nhk world "newsline." japanese politicians promised to rework the country's energy policy following last year's accident at fukushima daiichi. prime minister yoshihiko noda announced details of that policy last week. he said his government would steer the country toward a nuclear-free future, but a final decision by his cabinet has turned a clear commitment into more of a vague idea. nhk world explains. >> reporter: members of prime minister noda's cabinet are playing...
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nhk world, from seoul. >>> earlier, gene spoke with nhk world's kengo okomoto who is covering the presidential election. what prompted ahn to get into politics? >> ahn started holding dialogue meetings in the middle of last year with people across the country. he's been listening to young people's complaints about employment and other problems. published a book in july expressing his sympathy for youth and sending messages to them. he wrote things such as everyone should be given an equal opportunity to try things under the same conditions. many young south koreans are disillusioned at the state of politics and sheer belief that that society is unfair. ahn is politically inexperienced. the very reason voters are hoping he can bring about political change. >> how is the presidential election expected to play out? >> yes, some have suggested and is trading just behind the front-runner. but ahn's support base overlaps with the candidate, moon jae-in. neither ahn nor moon would benefit if they keep on fighting for the same votes. they might have to incorporate if they want to beat park, but that c
nhk world, from seoul. >>> earlier, gene spoke with nhk world's kengo okomoto who is covering the presidential election. what prompted ahn to get into politics? >> ahn started holding dialogue meetings in the middle of last year with people across the country. he's been listening to young people's complaints about employment and other problems. published a book in july expressing his sympathy for youth and sending messages to them. he wrote things such as everyone should be given...
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welcome to nhk world "newsline." vladimir putin is welcoming world leaders to russia's far east ahead of this weekend's apec summit. he's given a special greeting to china's president hu jintao by meeting with him first. hu is the first leader putin met in vladivostok, their countries share a border 4,000 kilometers. earlier, i spoke with nhk world's kaori nagao who is in vladivostok covering the apec meetings. >> reporter: the leaders covered a wide range of matters from economics to international relations. >> reporter: at the top the agenda was economic relations. they agreed not only to increase mutual trade and investment, but also to enhance the cooperation in areas such as energy and high-tech development. after the meeting, president putin made a keynote speech at apec's business forum. the three-day business forum is being held alongside apec sessions. businesspeople from 500 leading pacific rim companies attended friday's meeting. >> kaori, russia seems to be placing special emphasis on its far east, which
welcome to nhk world "newsline." vladimir putin is welcoming world leaders to russia's far east ahead of this weekend's apec summit. he's given a special greeting to china's president hu jintao by meeting with him first. hu is the first leader putin met in vladivostok, their countries share a border 4,000 kilometers. earlier, i spoke with nhk world's kaori nagao who is in vladivostok covering the apec meetings. >> reporter: the leaders covered a wide range of matters from...
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welcome to nhk world "newsline." japan and china are divided by a body of water, and these days they're divided over islands in the east china sea. japan controls the senkakus, china and taiwan claim them. the japanese and chinese vice foreign ministers have met to find a breakthrough, but they could not narrow their differences. japanese vice foreign minister chikao kawai and his chinese counterpart zhang zhijun met for four hours at the foreign ministry in beijing. kawai explained the background and consequence of japan's purchase of the islands. >> translator: we have exchanged our views on the situation frankly. we managed to agree that the two countries should continue talks to resolve their differences. >> the chinese foreign ministry released that said the purchase of the islands hurt the 1.3 billion chinese. a spokesperson quoted him directly. >> translator: japan should reflect deeply on its actions and correct past mistakes. then it should get bilateral ties back on the right track as soon as possible. >> j
welcome to nhk world "newsline." japan and china are divided by a body of water, and these days they're divided over islands in the east china sea. japan controls the senkakus, china and taiwan claim them. the japanese and chinese vice foreign ministers have met to find a breakthrough, but they could not narrow their differences. japanese vice foreign minister chikao kawai and his chinese counterpart zhang zhijun met for four hours at the foreign ministry in beijing. kawai explained...
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reporting for nhk world, beijing. >>> china is hinting at possible counter measures against the japanese government's plan to purchase the senkaku islands in the east china sea. japanese officials said the government reached a broad agreement to buy the islands from the owner to establish effective control in the peaceful manner. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei reiterated the islands belong to china. >> translator: japan it moving to internationalize the islands. this infringes the chinese sovereignty and hurts the chinese people's feelings. >> hong said china will take necessary measures to defend its sovereignty. >>> hundreds of soldiers tie with insurgents. a spokesperson for the afghan defense minister said officials acted after a six-month reevaluation of the troops. 45 members of the u.s. troops have been killed so far by afghan soldiers and police. the commander of the joint command james terry said the afghan military should tough en the screening of recruits. afghanistan is in the race to strengthen the military and troops planning to hold over authority for local
reporting for nhk world, beijing. >>> china is hinting at possible counter measures against the japanese government's plan to purchase the senkaku islands in the east china sea. japanese officials said the government reached a broad agreement to buy the islands from the owner to establish effective control in the peaceful manner. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei reiterated the islands belong to china. >> translator: japan it moving to internationalize the islands....
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ana jong, nhk world, seoul. >>> the u.s. marine corps says it is ready to begin test flights of a controversial aircraft in japan as early as friday. the japanese government on wednesday gave the go-ahead for the flights after confirming the safety of the mv-22 osprey. flights will take place at the air station in western japan. the marine corps recently declared a number of osprey crashes in the past were due to pilot error. to ease safety concerns of residents, the united states agreed the tilt rotor aircraft will not be flown below 150 meters or over densely populated areas. after the test flights, the u.s. military plans to transfer the osprey to okinawa by the end of the month. the u.s. hopes to have the aircraft in full operation by mid october. many residents remain angry about the planned deployment. defense minister will visit okinawa next week to meet with the governor and other officials. he will explain the government did all it could to guarantee the safety of the ospreys. but the governor is still skeptical. >>
ana jong, nhk world, seoul. >>> the u.s. marine corps says it is ready to begin test flights of a controversial aircraft in japan as early as friday. the japanese government on wednesday gave the go-ahead for the flights after confirming the safety of the mv-22 osprey. flights will take place at the air station in western japan. the marine corps recently declared a number of osprey crashes in the past were due to pilot error. to ease safety concerns of residents, the united states...
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nhk world's report has this story. >>> as dawn breaks over the city, firefighters from nearby practice one final time. they're about to take part in the skills competition in fukushima. he operates the water and he also directs the other members seeing to it that they could have places efficiently. >> it is stressful. but all i can do is my best. >> reporter: he goaes the extra mile not only for himself but for his men tore. he used to head the fire department. but on march 11, 2011, the tsunami engulfed him while he was evacuating local residents. it was his team who discovered his body the next day. >> we placed his body on the back of a pickup truck. i did the driving. and we laid him on a futon. >> he told him how to operate the pump. making fine adjustment to the water pressure. >> translator: he was very passionate. he often told me to practice hard. if i was willing. but he also told me to get home if i wasn't up for it. on the eve of the competition, they visit it the district. this is exactly where we found his body. the disaster scenery mains untouched. even though one and a
nhk world's report has this story. >>> as dawn breaks over the city, firefighters from nearby practice one final time. they're about to take part in the skills competition in fukushima. he operates the water and he also directs the other members seeing to it that they could have places efficiently. >> it is stressful. but all i can do is my best. >> reporter: he goaes the extra mile not only for himself but for his men tore. he used to head the fire department. but on march...
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that was nhk world reporting. the film is headed for turkey, china and south korea next. students in the countries are now working on translations. >>> people in japan's north east are focused on overcoming the challenges of the 2011 disaster. but it went be easy. they have to rebuild homes, businesses, entire communities. we'll show you their struggles and their successes, on "the road ahead" every wednesday, 1:00 p.m. japan time. here on "newsline." >> president barack obama says the u.s. is now safer and stronger. he honored the victims of september 11th during a speech on the 11th anniversary of the attacks. ♪ obama took part in a memorial service at the pentagon. hijackers flew a plane into the u.s. military headquarters in 2011 and left 184 people dead. the president delivered his speech after observing a moment of silence. >> the true legacy of 9/11 will not be one of fear or hate, or division. it will be a safer world, a stronger nation, and a people more united than ever before. >> obama emfa sized the success of his anti-terrorism measures. his administration
that was nhk world reporting. the film is headed for turkey, china and south korea next. students in the countries are now working on translations. >>> people in japan's north east are focused on overcoming the challenges of the 2011 disaster. but it went be easy. they have to rebuild homes, businesses, entire communities. we'll show you their struggles and their successes, on "the road ahead" every wednesday, 1:00 p.m. japan time. here on "newsline." >>...